Hacking Basic Do's and Do NOT's of vWii modding

[coolmario]

I think this may have been answered before, but I am considering installing Homebrew channel to the Wii u. I want to know if it is still safe to update the wii u after installing the HBC on vWii.

 

[Cyan]

yes, it's safe.
The vWii side is not affected by WiiU system version.
But attention, WiiU side IS affected by vWii hack, if you brick your vWii then you can't update your WiiU anymore.

be careful what you do in vWii, be sure to understand the first post of this thread.

 

[coolmario]

yes, it's safe.
The vWii side is not affected by WiiU system version.
But attention, WiiU side IS affected by vWii hack, if you brick your vWii then you can't update your WiiU anymore.

be careful what you do in vWii, be sure to understand the first post of this thread.

I'm not interested in modifying the ios and what not, I just want the homebrew channel so I can run Nintendon't. So no risk in that area, right?

 

[Cyan]

yes, that's good.
just install the homebrew channel and you are fine with all homebrew. it's safe to install HBC only.

cIOS are only needed for wii backups over usb.

 

[coolmario]

Okay thanks for the help.

 

[rafalince]

Can i update to 5.5 ?

 

[EmceeKerser]

Can i update to 5.5 ?

Kernel exploit is being released for 5.3.2. So stay there if you want it

 

[rafalince]

Kernel exploit is being released for 5.3.2. So stay there if you want it

Thanks, but when i bought my Wii U it come with 5.4.0, Now it wish to install a new version 5.5.0, what you recomend ? I install 5.5.0 or stay on 5.4.0 ? Have chances to downgrade in a future to 5.3.2 ? I already have the homebrew on VWii mode installed. I wanna access the E-Shop to buy dlcs.

 

[EmceeKerser]

Thanks, but when i bought my Wii U it come with 5.4.0, Now it wish to install a new version 5.5.0, what you recomend ? I install 5.5.0 or stay on 5.4.0 ? Have chances to downgrade in a future to 5.3.2 ? I already have the homebrew on VWii mode installed. I wanna access the E-Shop to buy dlcs.

5.4 has unreleased kernel and unreleased websploit. So of you stay it might be released once it gets patched
5.5 has neither, but they have one more kernel exploit that Won't released for a while.

Your choice

 

[Sli 41]

How dangerous is it to install a channel forwarder for wiiflow? It would definitely be a lot more convenient, but I can live without it if it's beyond a certain threshold of dangerousness.

 

[EmceeKerser]

Not dangerous at all if you use one of the forwarders designed for vwii

 

[Cyan]

Installing channels is never risk free, for example : power cut while installing !
or you install a channel with an untested banner animation or downloaded from obscure sharing websites.


Wiiflow channel is well known as being a clean and working one, so it's fine. I don't know if there's a channel installer for vWii, but there's probably a converted WAD from Wii to vWii.
just be sure it's the one for vWii, or else it will not boot.

 

[Sli 41]

Yeah the guide I was following has a link to an official channel installer, I'm going to use that. And yes I was incredibly tense during the whole process because power cuts are not uncommon here lol.

 

[trigao]

can i install VC games or wiiware wads on my wiiu?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

can i install VC games or wiiware wads on my wiiu?

Yes, but be quadruply sure they're legit and won't cause a banner brick

 

[Aussielad]

Sorry, basic question. If I soft mod my Wii U, and its on 5.3.2, does that mean I cannot download games from the eshop? And if so, if I try to download games before soft modding my Wii U, will that auto update my firmware? The reason being, I have just bought a console that is 5.3.2, and I haven't soft modded it yet. I see there are rumours of a HD twilight princess, and I would like to get a copy when it comes out, but if I download it and it auto updates the firmware... then I am stuffed for the time being? Its ok if I can't download from eShop. I would be fine with lower resolution versions of games, but if the rumors are true, I would love HD Zelda...

 

[EmceeKerser]

Sorry, basic question. If I soft mod my Wii U, and its on 5.3.2, does that mean I cannot download games from the eshop? And if so, if I try to download games before soft modding my Wii U, will that auto update my firmware? The reason being, I have just bought a console that is 5.3.2, and I haven't soft modded it yet. I see there are rumours of a HD twilight princess, and I would like to get a copy when it comes out, but if I download it and it auto updates the firmware... then I am stuffed for the time being? Its ok if I can't download from eShop. I would be fine with lower resolution versions of games, but if the rumors are true, I would love HD Zelda...

Yes, Yes and Yes

 

[Aussielad]

Yes, Yes and Yes

Thank you for your response. Ive been doing some reading trying to prevent asking questions that have already been asked several times, but I find the search engine returns a lot of unrelated posts to sift through. And after reading several threads, without having yet installed any homebrew on my system, it can be a bit confusing as to the basics I need.

Essentially all I want to do is install my wii games to a external hdd to be easily accessable, and at the same time download additional DLC. I thought for a while that I would have to avoid online play (don't really care about this), avoid buying games/DLC from eShop (what I would like to be able to do), and constantly running the gambit of playing a game by disc that wants to install firmware updates (not sure if these are always prompted, or whether they install by stealth)

Ive just come across the concept of firmware spoofing. So can I stay at 5.3.2, spoof to whatever the latest version of firmware is, and then download from eShop without updating my firmware in the process? Ordinarily I don't download much online content, but the thought of HD twilight princess and other future HD conversions makes me want to consider my options (assuming they don't release it on disc if it ever turns out to be true)...

 

[EmceeKerser]

Thank you for your response. Ive been doing some reading trying to prevent asking questions that have already been asked several times, but I find the search engine returns a lot of unrelated posts to sift through. And after reading several threads, without having yet installed any homebrew on my system, it can be a bit confusing as to the basics I need.

Essentially all I want to do is install my wii games to a external hdd to be easily accessable, and at the same time download additional DLC. I thought for a while that I would have to avoid online play (don't really care about this), avoid buying games/DLC from eShop (what I would like to be able to do), and constantly running the gambit of playing a game by disc that wants to install firmware updates (not sure if these are always prompted, or whether they install by stealth)

Ive just come across the concept of firmware spoofing. So can I stay at 5.3.2, spoof to whatever the latest version of firmware is, and then download from eShop without updating my firmware in the process? Ordinarily I don't download much online content, but the thought of HD twilight princess and other future HD conversions makes me want to consider my options (assuming they don't release it on disc if it ever turns out to be true)...

Wii U Guides
http://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-use-loadiine-for-noobies.398844/page-2#post-5715792
http://gbatemp.net/threads/the-definitive-guide-to-wii-u-hacking.396828/

vWii Guides
http://gbatemp.net/threads/full-vwii-softmod.339899/
http://gbatemp.net/threads/simple-guide-to-install-cios-on-vwii-backup-nand-and-keys.339890/

You can spoof to 5.5 and use the eshop using the eshop spoofer. However either today or tomorrow, Nintendo are doing major server updates to every console. We dont know if this will affect anything, so if you want to download something, do it as quickly as possible

 

[Xen0]

I don't want to open a seperate thread, so I'm just asking here:
Is it somehow possible to destroy my Wii U when I mess up with vWii? I don't care much if vWii is messed up at all but I want my Wii U to be fine.